Gutenberg Essential Blocks: known security problems
34 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
Updated
In short
There are 34 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 6.4.6 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
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This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 6.4.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 6.4.5
- Fixed in
- 6.4.6
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 6.4.6 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-96256
- Report title
- Gutenberg Essential Blocks <= 6.4.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'marker' Attribute
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
A stranger could use it to harm your site (up to and including 6.3.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 6.3.0
- Fixed in
- 6.4.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 6.4.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-13153
- Report title
- Essential Blocks <= 6.3.0 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
A stranger could use it to harm your site (up to and including 6.3.0) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 6.3.0
- Fixed in
- 6.4.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 6.4.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-13154
- Report title
- Essential Blocks <= 6.3.0 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 6.1.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 6.1.4
- Fixed in
- 6.2.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 6.2.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-10833
- Report title
- Gutenberg Essential Blocks - Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns <= 6.1.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'configurablePrefix' Block Attribute
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with an author account on your site could make your server visit other addresses on their behalf (up to and including 6.1.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 6.1.3
- Fixed in
- 6.1.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 6.1.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-10586
- Report title
- Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns <= 6.1.3 - Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 6.0.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 6.0.4
- Fixed in
- 6.1.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 6.1.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-4658
- Report title
- Gutenberg Essential Blocks <= 6.0.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Block Attributes
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with an author account on your site could do things on your site they should not be allowed to
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.7.2
- Fixed in
- 5.7.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 5.7.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-11369
- Report title
- Essential Blocks <= 5.7.2 - Missing Authorization To Authenticated (Author+) Information Disclosure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with an author account on your site could make your server visit other addresses on their behalf (up to and including 5.7.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.7.1
- Fixed in
- 5.7.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 5.7.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-11361
- Report title
- Essential Blocks <= 5.7.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.7.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.7.1
- Fixed in
- 5.7.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 5.7.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-11270
- Report title
- Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns <= 5.7.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.4.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.4.0
- Fixed in
- 5.4.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 5.4.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-4682
- Report title
- Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates <= 5.4.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Slider and Post Carousel Widgets
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.3.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.3.1
- Fixed in
- 5.3.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 5.3.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-1664
- Report title
- Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates <= 5.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.2.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.2.3
- Fixed in
- 5.3.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 5.3.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-13803
- Report title
- Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates <= 5.2.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 4.8.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.8.3
- Fixed in
- 4.8.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.8.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-26871
- Report title
- Essential Blocks for Gutenberg <= 4.8.3 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.1.0
- Fixed in
- 5.1.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 5.1.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-12045
- Report title
- Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates <= 5.0.9 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.8.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.8.4
- Fixed in
- 4.9.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.9.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-47385
- Report title
- Essential Blocks for Gutenberg <= 4.8.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.6.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.6.1
- Fixed in
- 4.7.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.7.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-5595
- Report title
- Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates <= 4.6.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.5.12)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.5.12
- Fixed in
- 4.5.13
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.5.13 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-4891
- Report title
- Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates <= 4.5.12 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.5.9)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.5.9
- Fixed in
- 4.5.10
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.5.10 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-3818
- Report title
- Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates <= 4.5.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via "Social Icons" Block
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.5.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.5.3
- Fixed in
- 4.5.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.5.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-31306
- Report title
- Essential Blocks for Gutenberg <= 4.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 4.4.9)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.4.9
- Fixed in
- 4.4.10
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.4.10 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-30467
- Report title
- Essential Blocks for Gutenberg <= 4.4.9 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.5.3) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.5.3
- Fixed in
- 4.5.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.5.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-2255
- Report title
- Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates <= 4.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.5.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.5.1
- Fixed in
- 4.5.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.5.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-1854
- Report title
- Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates <= 4.5.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.4.6)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.4.6
- Fixed in
- 4.4.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.4.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-7071
- Report title
- Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates <= 4.4.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.2.0
- Fixed in
- 4.2.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.2.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-51359
- Report title
- Essential Blocks for Gutenberg <= 4.2.0 - Incorrect Authorization Checks
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
A stranger could read or delete private files on your server
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.4.2
- Fixed in
- 4.4.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.4.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-6623
- Report title
- Essential Blocks <= 4.4.2 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 4.2.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.2.0
- Fixed in
- 4.2.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.2.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-47760
- Report title
- Essential Blocks for Gutenberg <= 4.2.0 - Missing Authorization via AJAX actions
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
A stranger could in some setups, take over your site (up to and including 4.2.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.2.0
- Fixed in
- 4.2.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.2.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-4402
- Report title
- Essential Blocks <= 4.2.0 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via products
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
A stranger could in some setups, take over your site (up to and including 4.2.0) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.2.0
- Fixed in
- 4.2.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.2.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-4386
- Report title
- Essential Blocks <= 4.2.0 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via queries
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 4.0.6)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.0.6
- Fixed in
- 4.0.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.0.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-2084
- Report title
- Essential Blocks <= 4.0.6 - Missing Authorization via get
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 4.0.6) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.0.6
- Fixed in
- 4.0.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.0.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-2086
- Report title
- Essential Blocks <= 4.0.6 - Missing Authorization via template_count
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 4.0.6) (3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.0.6
- Fixed in
- 4.0.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.0.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-2085
- Report title
- Essential Blocks <= 4.0.6 - Missing Authorization via templates
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could trick a logged-in admin into changing settings without knowing (up to and including 4.0.6)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.0.6
- Fixed in
- 4.0.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.0.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-2087
- Report title
- Essential Blocks <= 4.0.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via save
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 4.0.6) (4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.0.6
- Fixed in
- 4.0.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 4.0.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-2083
- Report title
- Essential Blocks <= 4.0.6 - Missing Authorization via save
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could trick a logged-in admin into changing settings without knowing (up to and including 3.8.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.8.5
- Fixed in
- 3.8.6
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Gutenberg Essential Blocks to version 3.8.6 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-47594
- Report title
- Essential Blocks for Gutenberg <= 3.8.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
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